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Lessons for Faculty Advisors

PowerPoints that accompany each session reside in the materials section in the lesson plan.
Use this Session_PowerPoint_Template.ppt to accompany your lesson.

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Customer Service

Sending Laptops to Depot - Gina/Brenda
Effective Communication Strategies Gina/Brenda
Out of the Box Assistance
Working with the DOE Help Desk - Gloria

Readying Instructional Environment

Setting Up the Interactive Whiteboard - Gina/Brenda/Ovid
Distributing and Collecting Laptops - Gina/Brenda/Ovid
Setting Up Printers PC - Gina/Brenda/Ovid
Setting Up Printers MAC - Mike L.
Traveling with your Laptop - Laurette and Christopher
Proper Care and Maintenance of Laptops (Disk Cleanup) -Ed
Proper Care and Maintenace of Laptops (Disk Defragmenter) -Ed
Proper Care and Maintenace of Laptops (Clean Laptop) -Ed
Proper Care and Maintenance ofInteractive Whiteboards- Ed

iWork

Getting a career as a Computer Technician
Get Going with a Career as a Network Administrator
Get Going with a Career as a Programmer

Hardware

Getting to Know Your Laptop - Pierre
Troubleshooting Common Printer Issues for MAC -
Troubleshooting Common Printer Issues for PC -Steven/Edith/Laurette
Troubleshooting Internet Connectivity for MAC -Christina
Troubleshooting Internet Connectivity for PC -Christine B./Gail/Jessica/Saturine
Troubleshooting Interactive Whiteboards - Michael D/Michelle/Haashim
Troubleshooting Projector - Scott/Michael G
Troubleshooting Laptops- Jessica Campanelli
Renaming You Laptop After Reimaging for PC
Learning How to use the Toasters- Scott/Michael G

Instructional Support

Get Going with Shortcuts and Hotkeys - Mike D
Get Going with File Management for PCs - Gloria
Get Going with File Management for MACs - Beth posted/revised
Get Going with File Management for MACs, 2 of 2 - Beth posted/revised
Get Going with eChalk Digital File Locker -Beth posted/revised
Backing Up Your Work Using External Devices - Michael D
Back Up Your Work Using eChalk - Gina/Brenda
Use the stylus to browse the Internet and create a Word document- John S (20k223)
Get Going with Atomic learning - Gloria, Michael G, Bonnie
SmartCart Inventory -Michal G, Scott Anello

SOFTWARE

Microsoft Office Training- Free self-paced training courses for Office programs.

Geometer Sketchpad
Get Going with Geometer's Sketchpad - John S.
Alternative sites for creating projects John S.
Measuring Shapes Using Geometer's Sketchpad - Joe P.

Microsoft Word

Get Going with Microsoft Word - Gloria
Help Menus in Microsoft Word - Lisa
Creating Flyers with Word - Michelle

Microsoft PowerPoint

Get Going with PowerPoint - Gail / Chris
Help Menus in Microsoft PowerPoint - Lisa
Narrating Slides in PowerPoint - DJ / Sherwin
How to Animate a Powerpoint - Joe P.

Microsoft Excel

Get Going with Microsoft Excel - Gloria
Help Menus in Microsoft Excel - Lisa

Microsoft Publisher

Creating Calendars in Publisher - Joe P.

Microsoft OneNote

Get Going with Microsoft OneNote -

Interactive Whiteboards

Get Going with Interactive Whiteboard Software -
Get Going with Smartboard Notebook Software - .Ovid/Brenda/Dan

Inspiration

Creating Graphic Organizers in Inspiration - Joe P.
Advanced Features of Inspiration - Joe P.

VIDEO

Movie Making

Get Going with Movie Making - PC - Michael S.
Get Going with Movie Making - PC2 - Michael S.
Get Going with Movie Making - PC3 - Michael S.
Get Going with Movie Making - MAC - Michael S
Get Going with Movie Making - MAC2 - Michael S.
Get Going with Movie Making - MAC3 - Michael S.

Video Services

Get Going with United Streaming - Charles
Get Going with TeacherTube
Get Going with PowerMedia Plus - Michelle / Bonnie
Get Going with KeepTube

COMMUNICATION TOOLS

Email

Get Going with eChalk Email - Shana
Using Contacts in eChalk Email- Shana
Attachments in eChalk email- Shana
Folders and Searching eChalk Email- Shana
Advanced Options in eChalk email- Shana posted

Google

Setting up a Google Account - John H/Kelly G
Setting up Google Email for Students

Firefox

Setting Up Teachers with Firefox

eChalk

Adding Class Resources on eChalk - John H/Kelly G/DJ
Troubleshooting eChalk
Making iSquad members eChalk student administrators
Get Going with Wikis - Chris B/Gail S
Updating Wikis -

Podcasting

Get Going with Podcasting
Finding Podcasts that Support Learning
Creating a Podcast

del.icio.us

Get Going with del.icio.us - John
Using Tags in del.icio.us - John

Flickr

Get Going with Flickr - Winnie
Getting More with Flickr

Blog

Get Going with Blogs-John S.

RSS

Get Going with RSS - MOUSE

Zamzar

Get Going with Zamzar - Joe P.

RESEARCH

Search

Get Going with Searching -
Searching Google Effectively -Michael L, Christina, Charles
Searching Beyond Google -John

Citing Sources

Get Going with Citation Machine - Beth

Supporting Students with Special Needs

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

21st Century Tools for ELLs

SPECIAL EDUCATION

21st Century Tools for Special Education - Mac - Joe/Edith
21st Century Tools for Special Education - PC